The Queen's Nanny
Ensemble Theatre is ecstatic to announce the world premiere of Melanie Tait’s The Queen’s Nanny, a new play running from September 6th- October 12th.
Venue: Ensemble Theatre
Address: 78 McDougall Street, Kirribilli NSW 2061, Australia
Date: September 6 - October 12
Ticket: $43-$95
Buy / Ticket: https://boxoffice.ensemble.com.au/WEBPAGES/EntaWebShow/ShowPerformance.aspx
Web: https://www.ensemble.com.au/shows/the-queens-nanny/
EMail: boxoffice@ensemble.com.au
Call: (02) 8918 3400
Address: 78 McDougall Street, Kirribilli NSW 2061, Australia
Date: September 6 - October 12
Ticket: $43-$95
Buy / Ticket: https://boxoffice.ensemble.com.au/WEBPAGES/EntaWebShow/ShowPerformance.aspx
Web: https://www.ensemble.com.au/shows/the-queens-nanny/
EMail: boxoffice@ensemble.com.au
Call: (02) 8918 3400
From the writer who brought us hits The Appleton Ladies Potato Race and A Broadcoast Coup, The Queen’s Nanny follows the life of Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford, the nanny of princesses Lilibet and Margaret.
For 17 years, Crawfie educated and cared for the girls, becoming a treasured part of their lives. Often, sacrificing her own happiness for theirs. When Crawfie writes a revealing memoir about the little princesses, she is shunned from the family, completely. The catch is: she thought she had permission.
A thought-provoking take on motherhood, class, privilege and colonisation - it asks many questions about who gets to tell whose story and how it is some lives are considered more important than others.
Playwright Melanie Tait said, “This play is taking back history from the literal ruling class, trying to understand a woman whose story has been lost to time. Crawfie was the woman who raised one of the most important figures of the 20th (and possibly 21st) Century. Queen Elizabeth II was quite unlike anyone in her family before or after her - did her stoism, devotion and duty come from her Scottish nanny?
“Through Crawfie, we are invited into conversations about who is entitled to tell whose story, and how stories handed down through history are shaped by the powerful. The play is a fun, artistically lyrical, provocative and playful Australian take on an unknown royal scandal,” said director Priscilla Jackman (STC’s RBG: Of Many, One).
Cast includes Elizabeth Blackmore (The Vampire Diaries) as Crawfie, alongside Matthew Backer (STC’s Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde) and Emma Palmer (Benefactors).
Filled with iconic historical characters, laughs and a uniquely Australian take on the Royals, Melanie Tait’s newest play is an incredible true story not to be missed.
For 17 years, Crawfie educated and cared for the girls, becoming a treasured part of their lives. Often, sacrificing her own happiness for theirs. When Crawfie writes a revealing memoir about the little princesses, she is shunned from the family, completely. The catch is: she thought she had permission.
A thought-provoking take on motherhood, class, privilege and colonisation - it asks many questions about who gets to tell whose story and how it is some lives are considered more important than others.
Playwright Melanie Tait said, “This play is taking back history from the literal ruling class, trying to understand a woman whose story has been lost to time. Crawfie was the woman who raised one of the most important figures of the 20th (and possibly 21st) Century. Queen Elizabeth II was quite unlike anyone in her family before or after her - did her stoism, devotion and duty come from her Scottish nanny?
“Through Crawfie, we are invited into conversations about who is entitled to tell whose story, and how stories handed down through history are shaped by the powerful. The play is a fun, artistically lyrical, provocative and playful Australian take on an unknown royal scandal,” said director Priscilla Jackman (STC’s RBG: Of Many, One).
Cast includes Elizabeth Blackmore (The Vampire Diaries) as Crawfie, alongside Matthew Backer (STC’s Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde) and Emma Palmer (Benefactors).
Filled with iconic historical characters, laughs and a uniquely Australian take on the Royals, Melanie Tait’s newest play is an incredible true story not to be missed.